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CASE72877: Decumbiture for Mr Thomas Croten (PERSON47356)

Question asked by the patient on 7 September 1631 at 10:30

RN Thomas Crooten of Bedford 75 y Sept 7. Sept 5. ☾ h 12. in m 163i /1o correptꝯ\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘a palsy on the right syde’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 135 (bottom left part of page)

Mr Thomas Croten (PERSON47356)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Palsy)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Side(s))

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Astrological Chart

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CASE57432: Decumbiture for Joan Nightingale (PERSON55540)

Question asked by the patient on 26 November 1623 at 09:20

RN novēb. 16 ☉ h 7. 30 p m 1623 was taken sitting by the fire & cōpl of a pricking & shooting of her head first cōplayned

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 30r (bottom right part of page)

Joan Nightingale (PERSON55540)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (PrickingShooting)

Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck (Head)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Astrological Chart

Cite this as: Lauren Kassell, Michael Hawkins, Robert Ralley, John Young, Joanne Edge, Janet Yvonne Martin-Portugues, and Natalie Kaoukji (eds.), The casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier, 1596–1634: a digital edition, https://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk/search?f19-document-type=Case%3A%3AEntry%3A%3ADecumbiture;f20-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body;f21-querent-age-band=070-079, accessed 14 March 2025.

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